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Family Trust
Kathy Wang · 2018
75/100
👍 Worth It
Kathy Wang's debut is sharp, funny, and unsparing about a wealthy Silicon Valley family scrambling over a dying patriarch's fortune, and it earned real praise from Publishers Weekly and NPR for its wit and insight. The cast is deliberately unlikeable, so don't expect anyone to root for, but as a smart, well-reviewed family satire, this one's worth your time.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Marital selfishness/infidelity-adjacent relationship strain among adult characters. We still scored it 75; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety65
Substance / usefulness75
Craft & writing78
Originality72
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers58
Age-fit65
Human-eye read78
Penny’s verdict75
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